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HAMILTON SECURES F1 WORLD TITLE WITH VICTORY IN ABU DHABI

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Lewis Hamilton edged teammate Nico Rosberg to win the 2014 Formula One World Championship title. The Briton clocked 1:39:02.619 at Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to clinch his 11th victory in 19th races and collected 384 total points to secure the title. The victory is also Hamilton's second overall success in F1 championship after capturing his maiden title in 2008 with McLaren . Despite finishing the final race at 14th place, Nico Rosberg still managed to end his 2014 season as the championship runner-up with 312 points followed by Daniel Ricciardo in third with 238 points.  Williams Martini Racing Brazilian driver Felipe Massa  clocked 1:39:05.119 to finish the race in second while his teammates Valtteri Bottas was in third with 1:39:31.419. As for Nico, it was a heart-breaking race after his car suffered a mechanical failure in 25th lap which caused his F1 title hope gone. Follow CSN for more Motorsports news!

CHRISTINA KIM CAPTURES FIRST LPGA TITLE IN NINE YEARS

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Christina Kim was crowned winner of the final round of Lorena Ochoa Invitational . The victory was not easy one. In the 18th hole,  Chinese golfer Shanshan Feng tied with Kim at 15 under par. After two playoffs rounds, Kim managed to win the tournament with just one stroke. Following Kim was Chinese golfer Shanshan Feng with a one stroke difference, and closely behind the two came Korean Inbee Park to take third place. Christina said that this tournament is very special to her, and that since 2012  she has made it her goals to participate in an event like LOI. She expressed feeling excited, happy and above all, grateful and lucky to win this time. "Honestly this is a very special tournament for me because I have known Lorena since I was 15 years old and she's been my inspiration for half of my life, so I feel honored to have won. The truth is in this round Shanshan gave me a run for my money; truthfully when we were on the last hole, I wanted her to win, I did not see her sa

KL SARACENS FALLS TO KSDBKL IN FIRST NICC NIGHT MATCH

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​RUGBY NICC: KSDBKL 64 - KL SARACENS 5 KSDBKL showed that they are a strong contencer in the current season's National Inter Club Rugby Championship . The City Council team beat KL Saracens  64-5 on Wednesday night at the UIA Rugby Field.  Nakia N Meola gave KSDBKL the lead with a try after five minutes. From there on, KSDBKL were in complete control of the match and picked another eight tries from Nakia, Tora V. Tuljabeto , Zulhaizam Zulkifli and Karimov Abduvoris . KL Saracens were unabled to stop the speed of KSDBKL players. They managed to get a try in th 75th minute through James Harvey , but it was too late and not enough to compete with their mighty opponent. Photos by: Syamsul Bahrein | Tigers Super Sports Log on to Donadoni Sports for more action news.

HARRINGTON JOINS BANK BRI INDONESIA OPEN FIELD

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Three-time Major winner Padraig Harrington of Ireland will join a strong cast of Asia's finest golfers including defending champion Gaganjeet Bhullar and Hong Kong Open winner Scott Hend at this year's BANK BRI Indonesia Open to be played at the Damai Indah Golf, Pantai Indah Kapuk Course, Jakarta, December 4 to 7. Thanks to BANK BRI's title sponsorship and the continued support of event organiser IMPL, the tournament prize fund has been confirmed at US$750,000, reinforcing the Open's position as one of the leading tournaments in the country and across the region. Harrington became the first player in 102 years to defend The Open Championship title when he won at Royal Birkdale in 2008, the same year he won the PGA Championship and reached a career high of number three in the world ranking.   Having bagged 28 professional titles, the 43-year-old Dublin native is playing the Bank BRI Indonesia Open for the first time. As well as the Asian Tour duo of Scott Hend and

MALAYSIA WENT DOWN TO VIETNAM IN FRIENDLY

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INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY: VIETNAM 3 - MALAYSIA 1 Malaysia 's preparation for 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup competition is still in the negative form after losing to 3-1 to  Vietnam in a friendly match at My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi, on Sunday. Having suffered with a heavy defeat against Syria last Wednesday, Malaysia still fail to make an impact while in overall performance it still looks gloom and clueless with another lackluster performance shown during the match played. Malaysia started the game well in the first half after Mohd Amri Yahyah put the Malaysian Tigers in front with a fine finish in 23rd minutes. Malaysia should have added more goals but the players squandered the chances away which put the result remain unchanged until halftime. Down by a goal, Vietnam started to pounced back with an attacking display and their effort worth after Mac Hong Quan leveled the score one minutes after restart followed by Nguyen Van Quyet penalty in 56th minutes before Ngo Hoang Thinh s

FARID TAKES SUPER SPORTS CROWN

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Muhammad Farid Badrul Hisam helped  BikeArt Racing Kawasaki  to bag the  MSS Super Sports category despite losing to team mate Hazlanshah Mohd Noor in Race Two of Malaysian Super Series Championship which was held at Sepang International Circuit last Sunday. After having the advantage in the overall standings by winning the first race, Muhammad Farid continued to push his Kawasaki ZX-6 in Race Two but Hazlanshah was in better form to deny the 21 year old rider a double victory. Hazlanshah clocked 22:31.090 in Race Two to win the race followed by Muhammad Farid in second with 22:37.083 while Ahmad Afif Amran are in third with 22:37.532. Muhammad Farid collected 226 points to clinch the Super Sports crown, while Hazlanshah finished second with 188 points and  Petronas Hong Leong Yamaha rider, Ahmad Afif took third place with 138 points. Photos by: Khairol Rizal Buhari | Tigers Super Sports CreativeImage Sports Network

ZAQHWAN CAPTURED ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP AT MSS 2014

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Fresh from lifting the CP130 champions trophy early of this month, the joy continues for Mohd Zaqhwan Zaidi after the Penang-born rider sealed the 2014 MSS Super bike title in the Malaysian Super Series Championship which was held at Sepang International Circuit last Sunday. It was quite easy for Zaqhwan as his closest rival, Mohd Syahnas Shahidan had to withdraw in the first race due to engine problems. Zaqhwan took the opportunity to end the first race behind Muhammad Zamri Baba of R&D PLUS Racing Team to equal his points with Shahnas at 146 and took the title down to the wire. Both of Zaqhwan and Shahnas knew that only the winner of the Race Two can achieve the success, and Zaqhwan did his best to power his  Honda CBR  to finish line in style. Zaqhwan clocked 13:23.036 to win the race followed by Zamri in second with 13:23.519 while Mohd Shahnas had to settle in third with 13:24.523. He also captured the overall title after collecting 171 points from s